10 interesting facts about Horses
10 interesting facts about Horses:
- Horses are mammals that belong to the class Mammalia and have the scientific name of Equus Caballus.
- Horses evolved from a small multi-toed creature over 45 to 55 million years ago.
- Horses can sleep standing up or lying down, but they need to lie down for at least 30 minutes a day to get a full restorative sleep cycle.
- Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal and can see almost 360 degrees around them.
- Horses can’t burp, vomit, or breathe through their mouths.
- Horses have different names depending on their gender and age. A male horse is a stallion, a female horse is a mare, a young male is a colt, and a young female is a filly.
- Horses are herbivores and only eat plants.
- The average horse can run at about 27 miles per hour, but the fastest horse ever recorded could reach 55 miles per hour.
- The USA has the most horses in the world, with about 10.2 million individuals.
- The oldest domestic horse on record was Old Billy, who died at the age of 62
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